Please. Everyone knows Bandobras Took invented Golf in TA 2747 at the Battle of the Greenfields. With a single stroke of his club, he struck the head from the leader of the invading goblin horde, King Golfimbul, sending it 100 yards into a distant rabbit hole, averting the destruction of the Shire and giving the game its namesake.
@@Huddle_House56 I have a psychological aversion to it. My aunt played obsessively, and we couldn't stand each other, so that's a hard pass, from me. Also, I'm pretty confident that I'd end up hurting someone (most likely, myself). 🤣🤣🤣
@@Sh4peofmyheart I think every avid golfer would tell you they have a psychological aversion to it as well, it’s extremely frustrating but rewarding at the same time. It really works out that muscle between your ears, but I completely understand.
I enjoyed the history lesson since I have many relatives that are golf-crazed. 😄 I'd love to get over to Scotland someday, and put the course and the museum on the tour itinerary. Thanks for another great video!
I lived in Carnoustie and worked as a teaching pro and assistant from 07-09 and learn much about golf in the masses… also a old legend claimed to me that golf was based on how much drinks in a bottle of whiskey was the amount of the golf played. However golf was for royalty only and Montrose had over 27 holes at one time as one course-it could take days. Anyway I miss Scotland what a beautiful country.
Back when I was in high school, my newspaper teacher had me write an article on the origins of golf. Mainly because I was on the highschool golf team. I didn't realize golf was as old as the 15th century... That is very good to know.. thank you
This is so fascinating. Scotland will always have a piece of my heart. Love learning more of the history. With you. Thank you, HGP’s Brother. Good on ya.
My parents went to Scotland with friends and they only thing the friends wanted to see was St. Andrews golf course. Imagine their disappointment when they weren’t allowed on the bridge or the course! They also discovered that making reservations for a tee time were years in advance!!
I always believed that the Scot's invented golf. To learn they didn't is surprising. But that's okay! I usually don't watch golf nor do I play, but I have an aunt and uncle who love golf, yet I enjoyed this golf history lesson! Thank you very much, and looking forward to more of your videos! 😀💖
makes sense to me. There was a large Flemish migration to Scotland at one point, and that’s Flanders which isn’t too far from the Dutch or Brussels. I postulate, and theorize, that it was the Flemish who brought it to Scotland when they immigrated to Scotland in the 1300s or whenever it was.
Loved this detailed history. I literally grew up on a golf course so it was definitely a “pilgrimage” to visit St. Andrews! Thanks for the information.
What a great history story. At least now we know that hot headed tantrums on the golf course is historical, they just don’t kill each other anymore…….well………not that I’ve heard of. Lol. What an interesting story. I love the hockey stick looking clubs, can’t imagine the curve that ball would take. Lol. ❤❤
Always great information and well told stories.❤️ One of my first jobs as a teenager was grounds keeping at a local golf course. Raking sand traps, mowing grass, and driving golf carts. Super fun job and I got the best tan a pasty redhead can get.
That was fascinating! Thanks for that. I'm half-Dutch, so found it really interesting. My Dutch-born uncle loves golf, so I'll share this with him - I'm sure he'll find it very interesting. Anyway, thanks again. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺
What a great video! Thanks. I love golf. I live in very hot, dry, south Texas. We get very little rain, so grass is at a premium. St. Andrew's is a golf pilgrimage site, for sure.
Ye Olde Golf Club at the Bruntsfield links is just pure fun. A couple of pints and "golf in the ruff". When you get right down to it boys have been hitting stones with sticks pre-history and each other for that matter. Cricket, baseball, hockey..... Sticks and Stones. Great research but a wee bit dry😂
The Scot’s may not have invented Golf, but they enjoyed and popularized it. Curling is likely a similar story, and the Golfers needed another sport for winter. In 🇨🇦 we play and love both games. My grandparents emigrated here from Aberdeen around 1899, my dad being the only child in the family born in Canada.
Being Dutch, I'm fascinated with the word kolf, because a kolf in Dutch is the handle of a pistol. And the shape of these old "hockey"sticks strikes me as quite similar to a pistol's handle. I like this shared bit of history between our countries. I've always loved Schotland, country and culture, and now one reason more for that. Oh, and your pronunciation of Gisbert.Cornelius is forgiven. I don't blame anyone for not being able to pronounce our hard "g", I've been told it makes Dutch one of the harder languages to learn. The "ch" sound Scots are so familiar with works well enough as a substitute. Props to you for being able to start a word with the "ch" sound, a Scottish lady we met tried and tried, but couldn't.
The original course at St Andrews initially had 9 holes. At this point players had to walk back. Then the course was enlarged and explains why many greens are shared on the way back making 18 holes. That is why the score cards had a score for the "out" and another for the "in" and call the 9 hole dispensary "the turn"
Strangely billiards was first derived from a golf-like game by miniaturizing it to be played indoors. I think those Dutch guys were playing a kind of field hockey with one goal. Maybe golf came from hockey shooting drills.
My grandpa got to play this course, he flew out from the u.s. and that was the first time he ever had a caddy, he said it was the most beautiful and challenging course he has ever played
Many years ago I was told that the game of golf was invented by the Scots. Some young lads were using sticks and a sheep's head to play this game. Like an idiot, I believed him. Glad you set me straight on this. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
I’ll put my hand up Robert..and make claim that i to have definitely caused murder on a golf course..I’ve got the worst slice known to man!!…another wonderful post mate..🇦🇺
As a child many years back, I was told by my Grandmother that the word (Golf) truly stood for Gentlemen only Ladies Forbidden. Could you clarify or verify this information for me please? Thank you ⛳️
I once read in a very impressive scientific article that colf was actually the sweet baby boy of an even older game called polf where soldiers from the holy war would punt gophers using war hammers, back into their burrowing holes
In 1764, the golfers at St Andrews decided to combine the first four short holes into two, to produce a round of 18 holes, though it was still 10 holes of which 8 were played twice. Thus was born the 18-hole round.
The Dutch invented golf. Makes sense to me as “no one likes the dutch” anyway (says Austin Powers). Who else would invent a game that would torment so many of us for so many years…
I like that picture of the Dutch playing the game on the ice. There is a tournament in Nome, Alaska that is played on the ice on the shores of the Bering Sea. It is relatively safe since polar bears rarely venture that far south when there is ice on the Arctic Ocean. You could , in theory, also catch red king crab while you play golf. Just have to cut a hole big enough to get the crab pot through it. They also play a little golf in Kodiak, Alaska. The Kodiak brown bear is the biggest in the world but very gentle to humans compared to other locations in North America. They have a tendency to wander about anytime of the year to stretch their legs before returning to their dens. Just make sure you are not eating snacks while playing in Kodiak or you will end up with a caddie you would rather not have.
Good to see that the high fencing has finally been removed from the statue on Leith Links. My parent's in law lived directly opposite and both died before it was finally unveiled!
One day, before I die, I long to stand on that bridge, look down into the burn and picture Dutch sailors playing kolf from the seaside all the way into the town and back.
Golf actually started in the heavenly realms. God smooth reality and the entire universe, including light itself, with a Hogan Apex 1 Iron. And the rest, as they say, is history. 💪 ⛳️ 🇺🇸 🌎
Very interesting, Robert! But you have to admit, no one makes the invention of golf funnier than Robin Williams! I have definitely threatened bodily injuring with the wish of death upon a classmate in high school who was on the guys' golf team...I told him if he didn't stop picking on me, I was going to use him as a teeing off practice target!
That’s what people have to be alive and activity not just tyranny and war. 18 tee is great game for golfers to tour. Tiger Woods got a good spoiled the world into golf uniforms. Dress etiquette and sneakers became comfortable for all golfers. That’s what I remembered footjoy shoes designed for golfer and all sneakers company make business too.
It's so boring to watch that's why I like LIV Golf, made it more interesting. The Yanks play PGA Tour same courses year in year out. No excitement. Talk about Scots being dour. PGA so bad. I am 78 still on Single figures and still love the game. If I played footy I would have had 50 years on the sideline. Golf is a lifetime sport.
It is not uncommon when playing for someone to comment that Golf is a silly game. I then remind them that the people who invented it also thought you got music from bagpipes.
It is a strange game. I have played a few times, but not my thing. Curious though, how many people are obsessed with it, even though it makes them very angry , every time they play. Really, they should go to the gym and punch the heavy bag. 😊
The story that I heard was that golf was played in a cool climate and players would take a wee nip before playing each hole. It turns out that there were precisely 18 wee nips to be had from a bottle of whisky which is why they settled on 18 holes. Truth or legend?
18 holes because in the old days it took 18 sips to finish the whisky bottle. Hence, there’s no point to play when the bottle was empty. Also, the size of the hole was the diameter of the whisky bottle.
I guess the people in the comments saw the title and assumed, without watching the whole video, that golf wasn't invented in Scotland. People are just trained now to believe nothing good came out of western culture, I guess. Sad. Scotland is undoubtedly and uncontroversially the birthplace of modern golf.
Humans has been in this world 10s and thousands of years. There are just so much that is not listed in history. The idea of something similar can have originated anywhere where with a long culture history, and like you, a few years ago i heard it was from China (it was not call China back in those dynasty). But the game as we know it and the rules of the actual game of golf is from St. Andrews. Like all the games today is far different than it's origins. Very interesting. Thanks. Wish they made the games 10 holes. Could play a little longer. Than again, they would just shorten each hole in the same size landmass.
Please. Everyone knows Bandobras Took invented Golf in TA 2747 at the Battle of the Greenfields. With a single stroke of his club, he struck the head from the leader of the invading goblin horde, King Golfimbul, sending it 100 yards into a distant rabbit hole, averting the destruction of the Shire and giving the game its namesake.
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Exactly!
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One comment to rule them all…
Golf came from the Gulf of Mexico
James’ swing is looking better than ever!
Not half bad for a man who rarely plays these days!
Not so sure about that....but not bad for a man with a plastic back 😂
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I've never been interested in golf but my daughter used to play. You always make any history very interesting. Also the scenery is so beautiful.
Golf is idolatry
Absolutely amazing views and fascinating history. Loved this. Thank you, Robert 🤍🏴
Thank you!
I now know more about golf, than I ever expected to learn. (Not a golfer, myself.) Excellent history lesson!
Give it a try. Just pray you don’t have an addictive personality!
@@Huddle_House56 I have a psychological aversion to it. My aunt played obsessively, and we couldn't stand each other, so that's a hard pass, from me. Also, I'm pretty confident that I'd end up hurting someone (most likely, myself). 🤣🤣🤣
@@Sh4peofmyheart I think every avid golfer would tell you they have a psychological aversion to it as well, it’s extremely frustrating but rewarding at the same time. It really works out that muscle between your ears, but I completely understand.
Thank you! I gave it up due to my terrible attention span 😂
Thank you for sharing this story.
I enjoyed the history lesson since I have many relatives that are golf-crazed. 😄 I'd love to get over to Scotland someday, and put the course and the museum on the tour itinerary. Thanks for another great video!
Thank you!
I lived in Carnoustie and worked as a teaching pro and assistant from 07-09 and learn much about golf in the masses… also a old legend claimed to me that golf was based on how much drinks in a bottle of whiskey was the amount of the golf played. However golf was for royalty only and Montrose had over 27 holes at one time as one course-it could take days. Anyway I miss Scotland what a beautiful country.
As always, your channel is informative and entertaining. Thanks for sharing! 💜
Thank you
Back when I was in high school, my newspaper teacher had me write an article on the origins of golf. Mainly because I was on the highschool golf team. I didn't realize golf was as old as the 15th century... That is very good to know.. thank you
This is so fascinating. Scotland will always have a piece of my heart. Love learning more of the history. With you. Thank you, HGP’s Brother. Good on ya.
Thanks for watching!
My parents went to Scotland with friends and they only thing the friends wanted to see was St. Andrews golf course. Imagine their disappointment when they weren’t allowed on the bridge or the course! They also discovered that making reservations for a tee time were years in advance!!
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Sorry, should have done a wee bit of research.
You can walk the course every Sunday as it is closed
Only if you want to play as a group. If you are willing to play separately, you can just show up at dawn and get a spot like 70% of the time.
The Old Course is selected by a ballot and its literally public grounds. I've played there 3 times and people are walking all around the place!
I always believed that the Scot's invented golf. To learn they didn't is surprising. But that's okay! I usually don't watch golf nor do I play, but I have an aunt and uncle who love golf, yet I enjoyed this golf history lesson! Thank you very much, and looking forward to more of your videos! 😀💖
Thank you!
You should watch the Scotland Unplugged video on what the Scots Did invent!! 🤯
makes sense to me. There was a large Flemish migration to Scotland at one point, and that’s Flanders which isn’t too far from the Dutch or Brussels. I postulate, and theorize, that it was the Flemish who brought it to Scotland when they immigrated to Scotland in the 1300s or whenever it was.
How beautiful is the scenery in Scotland. Thanks for the history of golf. Never been interested in the game.
Loved this detailed history. I literally grew up on a golf course so it was definitely a “pilgrimage” to visit St. Andrews! Thanks for the information.
I do love ur stories. Thank you the addition of little bits of humor are perfect!!
Always look forward to your videos. Thank you very much.
Thank you!
What a great history story. At least now we know that hot headed tantrums on the golf course is historical, they just don’t kill each other anymore…….well………not that I’ve heard of. Lol. What an interesting story. I love the hockey stick looking clubs, can’t imagine the curve that ball would take. Lol. ❤❤
They would definitely keep things interesting!
lol I don’t know I’ve seen people throw clubs that have been just inches from people’s heads haha
Always great information and well told stories.❤️ One of my first jobs as a teenager was grounds keeping at a local golf course. Raking sand traps, mowing grass, and driving golf carts. Super fun job and I got the best tan a pasty redhead can get.
Thank you! The golf course tan is like no other 😂
You are a great orator. I love your tales and you makes
them do interesting. Well done Robert. Cheers 😊👍👍
I’ll take that! 😂 Thank you!
That was fascinating! Thanks for that. I'm half-Dutch, so found it really interesting. My Dutch-born uncle loves golf, so I'll share this with him - I'm sure he'll find it very interesting. Anyway, thanks again. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺
Brilliant!
Another great one! Fascinating!
Thanks Stephen!
What a great video! Thanks. I love golf. I live in very hot, dry, south Texas. We get very little rain, so grass is at a premium. St. Andrew's is a golf pilgrimage site, for sure.
I love all things Scottish, even a little Scottish. I really enjoy your channel so much. Thank you!
Thank you!
Ye Olde Golf Club at the Bruntsfield links is just pure fun. A couple of pints and "golf in the ruff".
When you get right down to it boys have been hitting stones with sticks pre-history and each other for that matter. Cricket, baseball, hockey..... Sticks and Stones.
Great research but a wee bit dry😂
Your channel and Clan Broonford are my favorite channels to watch for some Scottish lore.
Thank you Robert, that was so interesting about the history of golf👍🏆❤
Thank you!
You learn something new everyday! Great video.
Cool History. I'm not a Golfer, I was just curious about it's origins.
Studied in Glasgow University in the 79-82. Never heard of golf then.
Now I play regular, proud being in Scotland. ❤
The Scot’s may not have invented Golf, but they enjoyed and popularized it.
Curling is likely a similar story, and the Golfers needed another sport for winter. In 🇨🇦 we play and love both games.
My grandparents emigrated here from Aberdeen around 1899, my dad being the only child in the family born in Canada.
The piece of rough land between the sea and the town is where the term/name links comes from. This piece of land links the town with the sea.
Well, you covered the death part. I was going to say No Religion,,, but,,, it’s golf. That’s religion enough.
True! That bridge was busy. 🙂
Being Dutch, I'm fascinated with the word kolf, because a kolf in Dutch is the handle of a pistol. And the shape of these old "hockey"sticks strikes me as quite similar to a pistol's handle.
I like this shared bit of history between our countries. I've always loved Schotland, country and culture, and now one reason more for that.
Oh, and your pronunciation of Gisbert.Cornelius is forgiven. I don't blame anyone for not being able to pronounce our hard "g", I've been told it makes Dutch one of the harder languages to learn. The "ch" sound Scots are so familiar with works well enough as a substitute. Props to you for being able to start a word with the "ch" sound, a Scottish lady we met tried and tried, but couldn't.
I don't like golf, however this was quite interesting. Thanks!
Very interesting 👌
Robin Williams gave the best explanation of golf's invention
two thank you sir- one for your investigate work and explanation and second for at you made an effort understanding Scottish
The original course at St Andrews initially had 9 holes. At this point players had to walk back. Then the course was enlarged and explains why many greens are shared on the way back making 18 holes.
That is why the score cards had a score for the "out" and another for the "in" and call the 9 hole dispensary "the turn"
Don’t mind me. Just here for the eye candy. Cheers from USA!
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Strangely billiards was first derived from a golf-like game by miniaturizing it to be played indoors. I think those Dutch guys were playing a kind of field hockey with one goal. Maybe golf came from hockey shooting drills.
My grandpa got to play this course, he flew out from the u.s. and that was the first time he ever had a caddy, he said it was the most beautiful and challenging course he has ever played
Robin Williams' skit on golf is so priceless.
In what times were they playing near Sterling Castle ?
I was told that the 18 holes was as a result of Muirfield GC only having 18 holes when their course was designed and built.
Nice ride into history... Thanx
It would be fascinating to see the reaction from people back then if they could see the game as it's played today!
Very interesting. The Scottish-English translation app I found worked great.
Many years ago I was told that the game of golf was invented by the Scots. Some young lads were using sticks and a sheep's head to play this game. Like an idiot, I believed him.
Glad you set me straight on this.
Thoroughly enjoyed it.
My favourite golf hole, the 19th Hole in Torry, Aberdeen. 😄
Interesting Robert. ❤️🇦🇺🏴
I really enjoyed this---thank you.
I’ll put my hand up Robert..and make claim that i to have definitely caused murder on a golf course..I’ve got the worst slice known to man!!…another wonderful post mate..🇦🇺
Haha. Me too! Thank you!
As a child many years back, I was told by my Grandmother that the word (Golf) truly stood for Gentlemen only Ladies Forbidden. Could you clarify or verify this information for me please? Thank you ⛳️
I once read in a very impressive scientific article that colf was actually the sweet baby boy of an even older game called polf where soldiers from the holy war would punt gophers using war hammers, back into their burrowing holes
I would for the format going back to Match play instead of stroke play.
In 1764, the golfers at St Andrews decided to combine the first four short holes into two, to produce a round of 18 holes, though it was still 10 holes of which 8 were played twice. Thus was born the 18-hole round.
AND there are 18 shots in a 5th if you pour carefully and don't make a mess.
The Dutch invented golf. Makes sense to me as “no one likes the dutch” anyway (says Austin Powers). Who else would invent a game that would torment so many of us for so many years…
We called it cow pasture pool in New Mexico!🤣
Good description 😂
I like that picture of the Dutch playing the game on the ice. There is a tournament in Nome, Alaska that is played on the ice on the shores of the Bering Sea. It is relatively safe since polar bears rarely venture that far south when there is ice on the Arctic Ocean. You could , in theory, also catch red king crab while you play golf. Just have to cut a hole big enough to get the crab pot through it. They also play a little golf in Kodiak, Alaska. The Kodiak brown bear is the biggest in the world but very gentle to humans compared to other locations in North America. They have a tendency to wander about anytime of the year to stretch their legs before returning to their dens. Just make sure you are not eating snacks while playing in Kodiak or you will end up with a caddie you would rather not have.
17 holes wasn't quite enough 19th hole was reserved for the clubhouse so 18 holes became the norm
Good to see that the high fencing has finally been removed from the statue on Leith Links. My parent's in law lived directly opposite and both died before it was finally unveiled!
I've played there! An incredible experience!
Very solid video
Awesome bit of history thank you.
Although we all know golf was invented by Bandobras Took during the Battle of Greenfields.
Not a gopher, but love the history.
Or a golpher for that matter…
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It is something of beauty, regardless of where golf “originated” from. I say that being very Scottish in my family heritage !!!
Was a guy called Douglass, didn't have a wee dug to bring the ball back.
One day, before I die, I long to stand on that bridge, look down into the burn and picture Dutch sailors playing kolf from the seaside all the way into the town and back.
There is no mention of Royal Blackheath golf club.
What?! No mention of shinty/camanachd in the history of golf?
Golf actually started in the heavenly realms. God smooth reality and the entire universe, including light itself, with a Hogan Apex 1 Iron.
And the rest, as they say, is history.
💪 ⛳️ 🇺🇸 🌎
Okay maybe the reason it is 18 holes is a little disappointing. But I will now play in honor of all those that came before playing even when banned.
Very interesting, Robert! But you have to admit, no one makes the invention of golf funnier than Robin Williams!
I have definitely threatened bodily injuring with the wish of death upon a classmate in high school who was on the guys' golf team...I told him if he didn't stop picking on me, I was going to use him as a teeing off practice target!
True!
My son is avid in playing he has a whole group he plays with .
We live in utah, usa .
I think bagpipes also originate on the European mainland.
There’s not many places in the old world I want to go to. Saint Andrews is one of them.
As an american i confirm i understood 40 percent of this.
That's just because your American 😂
That’s what people have to be alive and activity not just tyranny and war.
18 tee is great game for golfers to tour.
Tiger Woods got a good spoiled the world into golf uniforms.
Dress etiquette and sneakers became comfortable for all golfers.
That’s what I remembered footjoy shoes designed for golfer and all sneakers company make business too.
I cannot believe you made the worlds most boring sport, interesting! My mind is blown 🤯. Great job Robert 🎉
Thanks Emma! 🙂
I agree it's boring to watch. Playing is a different matter
@@mpetersen6 I’ll take your word for that 😉
It's so boring to watch that's why I like LIV Golf, made it more interesting. The Yanks play PGA Tour same courses year in year out. No excitement. Talk about Scots being dour. PGA so bad. I am 78 still on Single figures and still love the game. If I played footy I would have had 50 years on the sideline. Golf is a lifetime sport.
Yes I have been to the Old Course.
Looks a lot like ice hockey 😅
It is not uncommon when playing for someone to comment that Golf is a silly game.
I then remind them that the people who invented it also thought you got music from bagpipes.
I always thought Scott’s invented it but they just civilized it
Why 18 holes? Come on! Because the 19th hole is the bar and most people can manage to count-back one.
Why is it called golf? JOKE: According to my opthomologist, because all the other 4 letter words were already taken!!
It is a strange game. I have played a few times, but not my thing. Curious though, how many people are obsessed with it, even though it makes them very angry , every time they play. Really, they should go to the gym and punch the heavy bag. 😊
I think it’s the addiction to the elusive feeling if getting it just right 😂
The story that I heard was that golf was played in a cool climate and players would take a wee nip before playing each hole. It turns out that there were precisely 18 wee nips to be had from a bottle of whisky which is why they settled on 18 holes. Truth or legend?
I like that aside : 16th century Scotland seems fun"
18 holes because in the old days it took 18 sips to finish the whisky bottle. Hence, there’s no point to play when the bottle was empty. Also, the size of the hole was the diameter of the whisky bottle.
Dumb question. It's because the 19th Hole is the Pub. So you play 18 then go to the 19th. It only makes sense, see?
I've often thought that holes that smell so different should be a bit further apart
I guess the people in the comments saw the title and assumed, without watching the whole video, that golf wasn't invented in Scotland. People are just trained now to believe nothing good came out of western culture, I guess. Sad.
Scotland is undoubtedly and uncontroversially the birthplace of modern golf.
Humans has been in this world 10s and thousands of years. There are just so much that is not listed in history. The idea of something similar can have originated anywhere where with a long culture history, and like you, a few years ago i heard it was from China (it was not call China back in those dynasty). But the game as we know it and the rules of the actual game of golf is from St. Andrews. Like all the games today is far different than it's origins. Very interesting. Thanks. Wish they made the games 10 holes. Could play a little longer. Than again, they would just shorten each hole in the same size landmass.
Every single thing scotland has done is always disputed , but nowhere else.
18 shots in a fifth of whisky - 18 holes in a round of golf. Any questions? 🙂
Why 18? You buy a beer at tbe 19th. There's only room for 18 before that.
It is not the Swican Bridge!
Ah, yes. There’s an original Swilcan Bridge…
I see in the past they called it Colf 👍
Playing golf while mourning? Scandalous indeed!